Yves Saint Laurent Metal Bracelet with Rhinestones
About the Item
- Creator:
- Dimensions:Length: 5.52 in (140 mm)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1980
- Condition:
- Seller Location:SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
- Reference Number:
Yves Saint Laurent
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, France
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Chanel Cruise Champagne Metal Bracelet with Rhinestones and Resin, 2018By ChanelLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRChanel - (Made in France) Champagne metal bracelet with rhinestones and resin. Cruise 2018 Collection. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Circumferen...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bracelets
- Chanel Golden Metal Bracelet with Green Glass Paste by GoosensBy ChanelLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRChanel - Golden metal bracelet with green glass paste. Jewelry from the Goosens ateliers for the House of Chanel. Not signed jewelry from the Coco era. Additional information: Condi...Category
Vintage 1930s Modern Bracelets
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Chanel Red Glass Pearls BraceletBy ChanelLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRChanel - (Made in France) Bracelet of red glass pearls. 2cc9 Collection. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: 20 cm - Width: 6.5 cm Seller Ref...Category
1990s French Modern Bracelets
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Hermès Silver Galop BraceletBy HermèsLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRHermès - (Made in France) Silver bracelet Galop model. Additional information: Dimensions: Wrist size: 19 cm Condition: Good condition Seller Ref number: BRA61Category
Early 2000s French Modern Bracelets
MaterialsSilver
- Christian Dior Golden Metal Bracelet Ornamented with Pearls and Glass PasteBy Christian DiorLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRDior - Golden metal bracelet ornamented with pearly and glass paste cabochons. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: 14.5 cm - Opening: 2.2 cm ...Category
Vintage 1980s German Modern Bracelets
- Paco Rabanne Articulated BraceletBy Paco RabanneLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRPaco Rabanne - Soft silver-plated bracelet with glass beads. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: 20 cm (7.87 in) Width: 6 cm (2.36 in) Condition: Very good condition Seller...Category
Early 2000s French Modern Bracelets
MaterialsSilver Plate
- 0.60 Carat Green Tsavorite BraceletLocated in София, BGA stunning 14 ct. Yellow Gold Bracelet set with Green Tsavorite. The Bracelet is stretchable when put on. Gold color: Yellow Dimensions: 60mm. x 50mm. Total weight: 3.26 grams Set...Category
2010s Bulgarian Modern Modern Bracelets
MaterialsTsavorite, 14k Gold
- Ladies Diamond Rubover Bracelet Set with 29 Bezel Diamonds in 18ct White GoldLocated in London, GBLadies Diamond Rubover Bracelet Set with 29 Bezel Diamonds in 18ct White Gold This 18ct White Gold Ladies Diamond & Chain B...Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Bracelets
MaterialsDiamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
- Paul Amey 18k Gold Molten Edge Tsavorite, Tourmaline and Diamond BangleBy Paul AmeyLocated in Tewantin, QueenslandPaul Amey’s bangle is a totally unique and completely handcrafted and created by Paul Amey. This signature molten edge natural tsavorite, tourmaline and diamond bangle was crafted fr...Category
2010s Australian Artisan Modern Bracelets
MaterialsDiamond, Tourmaline, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Platinum
- Van Cleef & Arpels Platinum Diamond & Sapphire BraceletBy Van Cleef & ArpelsLocated in New York, NYThis exquisite, handmade bracelet by Van Cleef & Arpels is a masterful work of art. Featuring a dazzling assortment of 132 blue sapphires of graduated sizes (ranging from 3.5 mm - 5....Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Modern Bracelets
MaterialsDiamond, Sapphire, Platinum
- 14k diamond bead bracelet with pink nylonBy 15DEGREESLONDONLocated in Boostedt, SH14k yellow gold 21 white diamonds Diameter 4 mm Pink nylon drawstring closure This bracelet is a modern classic. Its concise design speaks for itself. The bracelet is barely noticea...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Bracelets
MaterialsDiamond, Yellow Gold
- 14k diamond bead bracelet with dark green nylonBy 15DEGREESLONDONLocated in Boostedt, SH14k white gold 21 white diamonds Diameter 4 mm Dark green nylon drawstring closure This bracelet is a modern classic. Its concise design speaks for itself. The bracelet is barely no...Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Bracelets
MaterialsDiamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
How to Spot a Fake YSL Bag
Counterfeiters know that savvy fashionistas cherish YSL bags. Learn how to tell if yours is the real deal. Of course, you don't have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
Quiet Luxury May Be Trending, but These Famous Interiors Prove That Quality and Quirk Endure
Because truly timeless design requires personal vision, transcendent taste, real fortitude and top-notch objects, even if the wider world hasn’t caught on yet.